The Pope & Papacy

Electing a new Pope by Paul McLachlan
Pope John Paul II changed the rules for electing a Pope in 1996. Some of his changes are quite fundamental: such as changing the majority needed to be elected in certain circumstances. This article explains and comments on the new rules.

Pope John Paul II by Paul McLachlan
Biographical information on Karol Wojtyla, the Cardinal Archbishop of Krakow, Poland, who became the first non-Italian Pope in over 400 years, Pope John Paul II.

When a Pope Dies
Information on the rites that are associated with the death of a Pope, particularly as they unfolded when Pope Paul VI died in 1978.

The Papacy by Scott Hahn
Dr Hahn was an Evangelical Protestant before coming to the belief, through his studies, that the Catholic Church validly claimed to be the Church Christ founded. This article is about the Papacy and the great gift that the Papacy is to the Church.

Discovered several hundred years after his death (and of dubious authenticity), St Malachy is said to have had a vision of the all the remaining Popes until the end of time. He gave them each a cryptic motto, which people try to interpret whenever a new Pope is to be elected. There are only two Popes left in St Malachy's list after John Paul II.